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Persona 5 the Stage is a stage play based on Persona 5.
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Persona 5 the Stage is an official stage play that had a limited release from December 13-15, 2019 in Osaka Mielparque Hall and December 19-29, 2019 in Tennoz Galaxy Theater.
Persona 5 the Stage #2 had a limited performance from October 1-4, 2020 in KT Zepp Yokohama and October 17-18, 2020 in Sankei Hall Breeze.
Persona 5 the Stage #3 had a limited performance from December 10-12, 2021 in Osaka Mielparque Hall and December 16-19, 2021 in KT Zepp Yokohama.[1]
The screenplay and direction was led by Hideyuki Nishimori.
Plot[]
The stage play is loosely based on the game's story with some changes.
For example, Shadow Kamoshida doesn't transform into Asmodeus. He summons it like a Persona instead.
Musical Numbers[]
#1[]
- "Blue Flame" (Protagonist)
- "Prince Of Detective" (Akechi)
- "My Lost Field" (Ryuji)
- "Endless Labyrinth" (Ann)
- "What My Heart is Searching For" (Sae, Akechi, Principal, Yusuke)
- "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann)
#2[]
- "Blank Canvas" (Yusuke)
- "At the Space Between Silence and Rebellion" (Yusuke)
- "Encounter" (Akechi)
- "Over Drive" (Makoto)
- "My Future" (Makoto, Sae, Akechi, Yusuke)
- "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto)
#3[]
- TBA (Akechi)
- TBA (Futaba)
- "TBA" (Haru)
- "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru)
Cast[]
From #1 forward:
- Protagonist: Hiroki Ino
- Ryuji Sakamoto: Kouhei Shiota
- Ann Takamaki: Yuki Odera
- Goro Akechi: Yoshihide Sasaki
- Yusuke Kitagawa: Koji Kominami
- Sae Niijima: Kaoru Marimura
- Yuuki Mishima: Taishu Nukanobu
- Shiho Suzui: Yu Saotome
- Principal: Takuo Yamagishi
- Suguru Kamoshida: Shun Takagi
- Ichiryusai Madarame: Jun Takamatsu
- Morgana: Voiced by Ikue Ōtani
- Sojiro Sakura: Eiji Moriyama
- Sadayo Kawakami: Sawa Minami
From #2:
- Makoto Niijima: Kanon Nanaki
- Junya Kaneshiro: Yuya Miyashita
From #3:
- Yusuke Kitagawa: Yunosuke Matsushima
- Makoto Niijima: Akari Ishizuka
- Futaba Sakura: Mei Fukuda
- Haru Okumura: Riko Sugahara
- Yuuki Mishima: Shogo Tamura
- Kunikazu Okumura: Hiroya Matsumoto
Differences from the game[]
#2[]
- Ann is wearing her school uniform underneath her clothing when she tries to distract Yusuke.
- When picking out the real Sayuri from the fakes, Yusuke does it without any input from the rest of the team.
- When Ann falls asleep during Yusuke's welcome party, Ryuji does not try to look up her skirt and instead just puts a blanket over her.
- Yusuke copies down the license plate number by taking a photo with his phone, whereas in the game, he originally sketched it.
- The valuable item that Joker throws to the Piggytron is his knife.
- In the final song, "Phantom Thieves", Ryuji's rap changes and stays like that for the rest of the series.
#3[]
- Mishima has several original skits where he acts as a public relations officer for the Phantom Thieves.
- Mishima investigates Big Bang Burger and gets caught by an employee for bringing a non-Big Bang Burger drink into the establishment. Haru saves him from the employee and asks to have his water bottle cap to use for creating vaccines.
- Mishima sneaks around Shinjuku and is caught by a teacher.
- Mishima suspects Cafe Leblanc is where the Phantom Thieves are hiding, but he keeps missing Sojiro when coming in, so he decides the store is empty.
- Mishima tries to impress some girls when they swoon over Akechi.
- The first segment in Futaba's Palace where the Phantom Thieves must get a map from a thief was skipped.
- Wakaba is not depicted as a large monster, as she is played by an ensemble cast member with two other ensemble cast members controlling her wings.
- The Phantom Thieves help Futaba socialize by teaching her how to dance.
- The fireworks festival and beach trip are skipped. Ryuji references those parts being skipped when he complains about the group not doing these activities together.
- Yusuke does not show up on the Hawaii trip.
- The scene where the boys ask the Hawaiian locals about the Phantom Thieves was skipped.
- The part where Joker and Makoto confront Haru about her true identity was skipped.
- The characters are wearing their winter uniforms starting from when they first enter Okumura's Palace, although the uniform switch comes after the Palace is opened.
- The segment where the Phantom Thieves must get keys from the robots was skipped.
Daily Changes[]
Several comedic scenes in each play are ad-libbed and different during every show. Here is a list of all the scenes that are ad-libbed and different for each show.
#1[]
- Kamoshida and the principal's comedy intermission
- The protagonist and Ryuji eating at the ramen shop
- Deciding Ryuji's codename
- Deciding Ann's codename
#2[]
- Akechi inviting Sae to eat sushi
- Kawakami and the principal's comedy intermission
- Deciding Yusuke's codename
- Deciding Makoto's codename
- Kaneshiro's comedy intermission
#3[]
- Yusuke trying to get Futaba to open the door
- Yusuke trying to help Futaba open up
- Deciding Futaba's codename
- Ryuji complaining about summer vacation being over
- The Phantom Thieves arrive in Hawaii
- Joker responds to Haru and flirts with her
- Deciding Haru's codename
Names[]
The protagonist has a different name between every stage play. Fans were able to submit their real names to be used in the play.
- Mao Tomokawa (12/13)
- Hinato Ashida (12/14)
- Izumi Urata (12/14)
- Sumito Futami (12/15)
- Shousuke Tsuji (12/15)
- Kousuke Kiryuu (12/19)
- Ritsu Minatogawa (12/19)
- Rui Asou (12/20)
- Tsukasa Kujou (12/21)
- Takio Sumida (12/21)
- Shinya Konno (12/22)
- Tohru Matsuda (12/22)
- Akinari Doumiya (12/23)
- Rei Udagawa (12/25)
- Yuuki Kiryu (12/25)
- Kouichi Miyama (12/26)
- Koyomi Igarashi (12/27)
- Ranma Toujou (12/28)
- Satoru Kurachi (12/28)
- Jou Yakumo (12/29)
- Itsuki Onda (12/29)
From #2
- Itsuki Kuroi (10/01)
- Mamoru Sena (10/02)
- Tatsuya Tsuzuki (10/02)
- Kazuma Suzuhara (10/03)
- Yuuki Kousaka (10/03)
- Kaname Kaidou (10/04)
- Naoki Toudou (10/04)
- Touma Yuunagi (10/17)
- Hayato Shinonome (10/17)
- Akito Ousaka (10/18)
- Jyun Kogimiya (10/18)
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